An occultist’s horrific ‘exorcism’ ritual left a six-month-old baby almost blinded in eyes after he was hung upside down over fire in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, setting police on the trail of the self-proclaimed tantrik.<\/p>\n

Officials on Saturday said the ritual badly damaged the eyes of the infant and it is difficult to predict whether his eyesight will be restored.<\/p>\n

The shocking incident occurred under Kolaras police station area on March 13 after the baby’s parents took him to tantrik Raghuveer Dhakad’s house to ‘treat’ him for discomfort, officials said.<\/p>\n

What followed was an ‘exorcism’ ritual after the tantrik told parents that their son was being haunted by some shadows.<\/p>\n

The baby was hanged upside down over a fire with his parents watching and enduring his cries hoping he would be “cured”.<\/p>\n

The incident came to light when the parents took their son to the Shivpuri district hospital, police said.<\/p>\n

“The boy is being treated at the hospital,” said Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathod.<\/p>\n

He said that considering the seriousness of the matter, a case has been registered against Dhakad on a complaint lodged by Janved Parihar, a village Kotwar who reports crimes to police.<\/p>\n

Dhakad is yet to be arrested as the investigation is underway, police said.<\/p>\n

Shivpuri District Hospital’s ophthalmologist Dr Girish Chaturvedi said the child’s eyes were badly damaged and he was admitted to the ICU.<\/p>\n

“We will know only after 72 hours if his eyesight will be restored. His eyes are seriously injured,” he said.<\/p>\n

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